Off-Site Storage Allows Businesses To Survive Business Interuption

Surviving and then recovering from an unexpected business interruption requires prudent planning, preparation and ultimately successful execution of a disaster recovery plan. Keeping regular backups (either tape or on-line) is essential to getting back on your feet quickly but, do not forget testing the backups on a random basis to ensure they will work when needed. Physically separating your data, files and physical documents from your operating business environment is the key. This ensures protection of an organizations most valuable asset in case the unexpected does occur. Disaster recovery experts and risk managers say that a good two-thirds of business historically will not survive one year after a disaster. In these tough economic times one would assume the number to be much higher. Testing data regular at random intervals, moving documents off-site or scanning and moving them off-site regularly pays huge dividends in case there is a fire, tornado, flood. Any business needs to be able to resume normal operations immediately and the quicker and less painful this is may determine its survival. Just imagine how long a company would survive if its employees did not receive a paycheck for three to four weeks. Seems like a long time, but imagine just the act of verifying bank accounts may take three to four days. What if a companies work orders, deposits and checks all burn up in a fire. You may have to invoice from memory, replace checks and deposits that were destroyed, order and install computers servers and accounting software, get checks. Well you get the picture. Does your company maintain a list of computers, scanners, printers and models numbers up to date and away from you normal place of business? If not how will you quickly report claim to your insurance and order new equipment with all the demands being placed on available cash? During prosperous times it is very easy for officers, board members, managers to be lulled into a false sense of security. It is incumbent upon an entities leadership to be proactive, protects assets, secure employees future and ensure business continuity. In fact officers, and managers could be held liable for failure to take prudent steps to protect their organization (see earlier post) . The good news, most records management companies will help you audit, evaluate and give a “check up” of your companies preparedness at no charge. To get more information email info@alwaysleading.com, call 334-396-5430 or visit the website www.alwaysleading.com

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About Scott McNelley

Scott McNelley is a lifelong problem-solver and entrepreneur who uses creativity, ingenuity and hard work to find the best solutions for his moving and storage customers in Alabama and beyond. When a good solution doesn’t already exist, Scott creates one by “Imagineering” new equipment or systems that deliver the results his customers need and deserve. Scott’s first business was a small local moving company that he started while in college and later sold (the company is still in business today). He then started Admiral Movers, which has grown over the years into a much larger office moving firm, now known as “Montgomery’s Only True Office Mover.” With Admiral, Scott took office moving to the next level, by creating several revolutionary techniques and new moving equipment that he conceived and built in direct response to the unmet needs of his customers. Among other office move improvements, Scott created Admiral’s AirGlide℠ Computer Moving and Office Gondola℠ Systems, which together offer a truly “boxless, crateless” moving solution that better protects expensive equipment and gives customers better access to their property before, during and after a move. Encouraged by the success of Admiral Movers, Scott was able to expand his ability to serve his customers by starting two other enterprises: Redwood Properties, a real estate holding company, and Admiral Records Management (ARM), a document management and storage specialty firm and a proven leader in secure information transition, relocation, conversion and storage. Banks, hospitals, government agencies, the military, corporations, and medical practices have come to rely on ARM to maintain privacy, coordinate logistics, and provide the ultimate in protection of their client data. ARM is a natural extension of his work with Admiral, and Scott brought the same creativity and problem-solving ingenuity to the difficulties his customers face when managing their critical business records. With ARM, Scott introduced Intelligent Archiving, an unconventional approach to on-demand document scanning services that makes it easier and less expensive than ever for customers to transition to a fully-paperless office. Intelligent Archiving also safeguards patient privacy and ensures total compliance for customers in the medical and healthcare fields that are making the change. Scott’s efficient and cost-effective solutions have saved his customers money, time, backaches and headaches over the years, and his innovations, along with service that consistently exceeds expectations, are the biggest reasons his customers won’t go anywhere else for office moving or document management and storage assistance. To learn more about how Scott’s passion for creative problem-solving can help your firm with an office move or document management and storage, please visit: www.alwaysleading.com www.admiralmovers.com www.admiralrecordsmanagement.com Or you can simply email info@alwaysleading.com, or call 334-262-6666 today!

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